I baked a cake!

I had to try Joan's beautiful Paper Cake!  It uses Spellbinder dies and lots of glue.  The top of the cake is one of the labels die and the cake itself is the die that looks like an open book.  It is held together with a pipe cleaner!!  I just loved making it! This is my first one but I want to try different color combos.  I am not much of a cook but this cake was fun to make!  You can find Joan's directions for this cake on her blog here:

http://craftski.multiply.com/journal/item/508/Lets_Make_Cake  - She also had a video that shows how to put it together!  I hope you enjoy my cake.  The picture below just shows you the top of the cake.  I added some flowers at the base for fun!!  The bead at the top is from AC Moore.  I know who this cake is going to and I hope she loves it!

Garden Gnomes!

My brother and his wife have recently bought a new home and are in the process of moving!  I wanted to send them a Congrats on your new home card!  I got the idea for my Gnomes while I was shopping.  Now I can't turn around without seeing a Gnome. They are everywhere!  There is even a new movie out- Gnomeo and Juliet!  Apparently, Gnomes are hot right now.  Who knew?  I think I made mine a tad too tall.  My husband and my sister thought they were Santas!  Rats!  Next time I will make them shorter.  I used Spellbinder's Paisley die for their beards.  You cut a slit about not quite 1/2 way down and insert a round punch into it.  The ears are the word window punch.  The moustaches are from 2 different punches- the wing in SU 's bird punch and the Five petal punch.